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    • Orders A-M
      • Archaeognatha (Bristletails)
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      • Neuroptera (Net-winged Insects)
      • Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
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      • Siphonaptera (Fleas)
      • Thysanoptera (Thrips)
      • Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
      • Zygentoma = Thysanura (Silverfish)
  • The Pseudo Insects
    • Class Entognatha (the Pseudo Insects; Diplura & Protura)
    • Class Collembola (Springtails)
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Whites

On this page click on the picture to take you to the moth pages.

White Rush Moth, Tipanaea patulella  IMG 6555  cf. Acyphas semiochrea male    Black-spotted Epicoma, Epicoma melanospila (female)   Eochrois callianassa      Orange-rimmed Satin Moth, Thalaina selenaea (white form)  Tasmanian Red-lined Looper Moth, Crypsiphona tasmanica  Orange-rimmed Satin Moth, Thalaina selenaea  Chrysolarentia psarodes  Xylorycta parabolella  Tachystola stenoptera   Hoplophanes sp. (Heliozelidae).  Native Cranberry Moth, Poecilasthena pulchraria   sweet potato leaf miner Lyonetiidae Bedellia somnulentella    Thalerotricha mylicella  IMG 9906  IMG 8566  Neat Pinara, Pinara cana (female)   IMG 7515  Tymbophora peltastis  IMG 7607. Eupselia carpocapsella    IMG 0151    Palimmeces hemiphanes    Scoparia exibitalis  Technitis campylosticha   IMG 6690 Green Mosaic Geometrid, Archephanes zalosema (Ennominae: Nacophorini)  Clearly-marked Tuft-moth, Nola delograpta  Machetis aphrobola  Cosmaresta niphias  Oecophorinae     Pyralidae  Sosineura mimica  Oecophorinae  Opostega sp. (Opostegidae)  Compsotropha selenias Dark-spotted Tiger Moth, Ardices canescens  IMG 7399  IMG 7526  Stathmopoda melanochra  Ocystola crystallina  Cryptophasa albacosta  Cosmaresta niphias     Hednota relatalis  Hednota grammellus    Hednota Pyralidae  Hednota bivittella    Glyphipterix macraula  IMG 9908  Three-barred Carpet, Chrysolarentia ptochopis  Acyphas semiochrea Omnivorous Tussock Moth  Black-spotted Epicoma, Epicoma melanospila (male)  Limnaecia camptosema   Tanaoctena pygmaeodes  Crossed Footman, Thallarcha albicollis  The Jester, Thallarcha jocularis  Black and White Tiger Moth, Ardices glatignyi  Orthiastis hyperocha

The Field Guide to the Insects of Tasmania team acknowledges the palawa people; the traditional owners of lutruwita/ Tasmania. We respect their knowledge, connection and care of the land that we share and its ecosystems, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.  

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